I won’t see David until quite late, after St.Valentine’s Day, so I thought I would post this online so he would receive it on the train ride down from LA.
Happy Valentines Day bubala.
This drawing is part of my ongoing infatuation with Achilles and Patroclus, something I share with David.
My inspiration for this sketch is a wall fragment from Pompeii, that of Mars and Venus. As a young boy I felt it to be the sexiest image imaginable; now at midlife I have refashioned the image in a bit of homo-revisionism. I still find the hand gesture of Venus(Patroclus) to be deeply touching and tender.
Just one final image, a very contemporary Achilles and Patroclus, again very tender and sweet.
Wishing all, but most especially David, a very happy St.Valentine’s Day.
LG
Boondocks Babylon 